Group calls for Bishop Finn to resign

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A Catholic group is calling for the resignation of Kansas City-St. Joseph (Mo.) Bishop Robert W. Finn, who was convicted for not reporting child sexual abuse.

Finn is the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic cleric to be found guilty in the church's long-running child sex abuse scandal, The Kansas City (Mo.) Star reported.

The bishop was convicted this month on one count of failing to report child abuse suspicions regarding the Rev. Shawn Ratigan, who pleaded guilty in August to five federal counts of producing or attempting to produce child pornography.

The National Survivor Advocates Coalition, a national Catholic organization with headquarters in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday demanded the bishop step down from his post.

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